गद्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গদ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
• গদ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဂဒ် (Burmese script)
• ગદ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਗਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಗದ್ (Kannada script)
• គទ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຄທ຺ (Lao script)
• ഗദ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᠠᡩ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠠᢑ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଗଦ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ගද් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
• க³த்³ (Tamil script)
• గద్ (Telugu script)
• คทฺ (Thai script)
• ག་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- (“to say, speak”). Cognate with English quoth.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐd/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡɐd̪/

Root

गद् • (gad)

1. to speak articulately, speak, say
2. to relate, tell anything

Derived terms

• गद (gada, “a sentence”)
• गदति (gádati, “speak, say”)
• गदन (gadana, “telling, relating”)
• गदयित्नु (gadayitnu, “loquacious, talkative”)
• गदि (gadi, “speaking, speech”)
• गद्गद (gadgada, “stammering, stuttering”)
• गद्य (gadya, “to be spoken or uttered”)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0344.